Speech Therapy Action Taskforce (STAT)

Sources & methodology

Browse the evidence and calculation notes behind STAT’s campaign to protect access to pediatric speech therapy.

How to read the evidence

Official CMS documents establish the proposal, comment period, conversion factors, and policy mechanics. Research entries support prevalence, treatment, outcomes, and economic context. News entries attribute specific stories and are not presented as national evidence.

STAT’s displayed payment amounts, percentage difference, wait-time range, and potential access effects also draw on a client-provided policy brief. Those figures are campaign analysis, not CMS estimates or a national wait-time study.

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CMS policy documents

Official rule materials and professional analyses of the proposed pediatric speech-language pathology code and payment changes.

Reimbursement figures

Sources and calculation notes behind the displayed payment amounts, payer context, wait-time context, and campaign risk analysis.

Research studies

Government statistics, systematic reviews, longitudinal studies, and economic research referenced in the campaign.

News and article attribution

Reporting and institutional articles credited on the Who It Helps page and in campaign access examples.